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Springlake Livestock Market, Inc.

Name: Springlake Livestock Market, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-24

Feeder Cattle · Moneta, Virginia · Sat, Aug 24

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2186

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Receipts

302 head

▲ 52 vs last sale 250▲ 61 vs year ago 241 · +25.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 131, Bulls 95)

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $237.38/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −129.74 against this barn's trailing median of $367.12.

Average price

$237.38

48 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,295

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$6.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.31

vs VA average

−7.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	541	241.50	1,307	14thin
Medium and Large 3	551	238.20	1,313	5thin
Medium and Large 1	547	235.25	1,287	29

One grade step is worth $6.25/cwt here — about $20 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale48 hd

237.38

—

VA average8 barns · 450 hd

242.70

−5.31

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−7.03

This barn, trailing median32 sales

367.12

−129.74

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.03, low $326.28, median $367.12 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

37 lots · USDA AMS · Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Moneta, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	932	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,099	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,114	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,329	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,332	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,104	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,433	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,504	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,539	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,570	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,688	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	255.59/cwt	220.00–264.00	882	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	792	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	361	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	946	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	442	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	972	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,095	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,144	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,307	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,287	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	549	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,312	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,316	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,426	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,570	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,570	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	990	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,052	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	401	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,199	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	291.94/cwt	250.00–299.00	1,217	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	924	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,223	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	273.78/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,358	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,355	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,176	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,450	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,495	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,532	3

This sale against other markets

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springlake Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Moneta, VA

Sat Aug 24, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 302Last week 250Year ago 241

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 131, Bulls 95)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	352	299.00	299.00
4	400–450	401	299.00	299.00
14	450–500	496	257.50–275.00	273.78
10	550–600	571	254.00	254.00
8	650–700	653	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	210.00	210.00
1	500–550	505	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	299.00	299.00
7	400–450	417	250.00–299.00	291.94
1	450–500	475	257.50	257.50
7	500–550	500	271.00	271.00
1	550–600	560	210.00	210.00
3	650–700	675	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	301.00	301.00
6	450–500	461	289.00	289.00
3	550–600	572	263.00	263.00
2	600–650	618	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	270.00	270.00
3	350–400	375	297.00	297.00
17	450–500	459	289.50	289.50
26	500–550	547	262.00	262.00
10	600–650	628	250.00	250.00
2	750–800	750	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	345	220.00–264.00	255.59
17	450–500	463	247.00	247.00
29	500–550	547	235.25	235.25
13	600–650	631	226.00	226.00
3	700–750	717	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	262.00	262.00
17	400–450	445	246.00	246.00
14	500–550	541	241.50	241.50
1	700–750	730	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	220.00	220.00
5	400–450	442	220.00	220.00
4	500–550	549	239.00	239.00
1	550–600	560	235.00	235.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.